artifact is a product or object developed from a mechanical production and for a specific purpose.
Currently, artifacts can be produced with various raw materials, such as concrete, wood, cement, rubber and so on.
The term "artifact" can also be used to represent the incorrect or failed result of an academic or scientific work due to flaws in the method used to obtain the data and information.
cultural artifact
In archaeological studies, cultural artifacts are those produced from the manual work of the human being. Usually, these objects have characteristics that help to identify some particular aspects of certain cultures, especially extinct ones.
You cultural artifacts are not just archaeological artifacts, that is, those that were made by ancient civilizations. Modern objects or products made by hand by certain groups and representing aspects of their respective culture can also be considered cultural artifacts.
Some examples of cultural artifacts they are: documents, monuments, instruments carved in wood or stone, ceramic vases, among other objects that have been made by human beings, and without the use of mechanical devices.
Synonymous with artifact
Among some of the most common synonyms for artifact are:
- Article
- Product
- apparatus
- ingenuity
- Object
- manufacturing
- Device
- Accessory
- Production
- Device
- Equipment.